name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/pəˈvɪljən/
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CMU ARPABET:P AH0 V IH1 L Y AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A community and Indian reserve in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
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name
Meaning 2
A town and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, New York, United States.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An ornate tent.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
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14
noun
Meaning 14
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
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15
verb
Meaning 15
To furnish with a pavilion.
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Usage: transitive
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16
verb
Meaning 16
To put inside a pavilion.
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Usage: transitive
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17
verb
Meaning 17
To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour, And girded with praise").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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18
noun
Meaning 18
large and often sumptuous tent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: marquee
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Broader terms: tent, collapsible shelter
History
Etymology
From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin. Doublet of papilio and papillon. Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
пала́тка
(palátka)
— ornate tent
Bulgarian:
ша́тра
(šátra)
— ornate tent
Burmese:
မဏ္ဍပ်
(mandap)
— ornate tent
Catalan:
pavelló
— ornate tent
Chinese Mandarin:
亭子
(tíngzi)
— ornate tent
Dutch:
paviljoen
— ornate tent
Esperanto:
pavilono
— ornate tent
Finnish:
paviljonkiteltta
— ornate tent
French:
pavillon
— ornate tent
Galician:
pavillón
— ornate tent
German:
Pavillon
— ornate tent
Ido:
paviliono
— ornate tent
Indonesian:
paviliun
— ornate tent
Irish:
pailliún
— ornate tent
Italian:
padiglione
— ornate tent
Japanese:
仮設テント
(kasetsu tento)
— ornate tent
Malay:
astaka
— ornate tent
Norwegian Bokmål:
paviljong
— ornate tent
Norwegian Nynorsk:
paviljong
— ornate tent
Persian:
پردهسرای
(parde-sarây)
— ornate tent
Persian:
پاویون
(pâviyon)
— ornate tent
Portuguese:
pavilhão
— ornate tent
Romanian:
pavilion
— ornate tent
Russian:
павильо́н
(pavilʹón)
— ornate tent
Russian:
шатёр
(šatjór)
— ornate tent
Scottish Gaelic:
pùball
— ornate tent
Slovak:
pavilón
— ornate tent
Spanish:
pabellón
— ornate tent
Tagalog:
bahay-tolda
— ornate tent
Tagalog:
pabelyon
— ornate tent
Turkish:
otağ
— ornate tent
Turkish:
sayvan
— ornate tent
Vietnamese:
lều
— ornate tent
Vietnamese:
bạt
— ornate tent
Vietnamese:
nhà bạt
— ornate tent
Welsh:
pafiliwn
— ornate tent
Arabic:
جَنَاح
(janāḥ)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Arabic:
سُرَادِق
(surādiq)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Belarusian:
павільён
(pavilʹjón)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Bulgarian:
те́нта
(ténta)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Burmese:
မဏ္ဍပ်
(mandap)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Chinese Mandarin:
亭子
(tíngzi)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Dutch:
paviljoen
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Esperanto:
pavilono
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Finnish:
paviljonki
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
French:
pavillon
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
German:
Pavillon
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Greek:
περίπτερο
(períptero)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Hungarian:
pavilon
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Ido:
paviliono
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Irish:
pailliún
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Italian:
padiglione
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Japanese:
東屋
(azumaya)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Japanese:
亭
(chin)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Khmer:
សាលា
(saalaa)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Norwegian Bokmål:
paviljong
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Norwegian Nynorsk:
paviljong
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Portuguese:
pavilhão
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Russian:
павильо́н
(pavilʹón)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Thai:
ศาลา
(sǎa-laa)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Ottoman Turkish:
كوشك
(köşk)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Ukrainian:
павільйо́н
(pavilʹjón)
— light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
Arabic:
جَنَاح
(janāḥ)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Arabic:
سُرَادِق
(surādiq)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Belarusian:
павільён
(pavilʹjón)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Bulgarian:
бу́дка
(búdka)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Bulgarian:
павилио́н
(pavilión)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Burmese:
မဏ္ဍပ်
(mandap)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Catalan:
pavelló
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Chinese Mandarin:
展馆
(zhǎnguǎn)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Chinese Mandarin:
展览馆
(zhǎnlǎnguǎn)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Czech:
pavilon
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Dutch:
paviljoen
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Esperanto:
pavilono
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Finnish:
paviljonki
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
French:
pavillon
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
German:
Pavillon
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Hungarian:
pavilon
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Ido:
paviliono
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Irish:
puball
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Italian:
padiglione
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Japanese:
パビリオン
(pabirion)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Korean:
파빌리온
(pabillion)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Macedonian:
павилјо́н
(paviljón)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Māori:
whare whakamātakitaki
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Norwegian Bokmål:
paviljong
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Norwegian Nynorsk:
paviljong
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Polish:
pawilon
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Portuguese:
pavilhão
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Russian:
павильо́н
(pavilʹón)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Spanish:
pabellón
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Swedish:
paviljong
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Turkish:
pavyon
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Ukrainian:
павільйо́н
(pavilʹjón)
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Vietnamese:
rạp
— structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Finnish:
paviljonki
— cricket building
French:
pavillon
— cricket building
Irish:
pailliún
— cricket building
Japanese:
ブリリアント
(buririanto)
— cricket building
Finnish:
siipi
— detached / semi-detached building in a building complex
Irish:
pailliún
— detached / semi-detached building in a building complex
Norwegian Bokmål:
paviljong
— detached / semi-detached building in a building complex
Norwegian Nynorsk:
paviljong
— detached / semi-detached building in a building complex
Polish:
pawilon
— detached / semi-detached building in a building complex
Finnish:
alaosa
— lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone
Portuguese:
pavilhão
— furnish with a pavilion
Japanese:
収容する
(shūyō suru)
— put inside a pavilion
